dika Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
    Irvingia gabonensis; wild mango; wild mango tree.

WordNet

Di"ka noun
Etymology
Native West African name.
Definitions
  1. A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.

Webster 1913